Athanasian Creed
Glory be to You, equal Trinity, one Godhead, before all time, now and forever.
Glória tibi, Trínitas æquális, una Déitas, et ante ómnia sǽcula, et nunc, et in perpétuum.
Athanasian Creed
1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith.
1. Quicúmque vult salvus esse, ante ómnia opus est, ut téneat cathólicam fidem:
2. Which faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
2. Quam nisi quisque íntegram inviolatámque serváverit, absque dúbio in ætérnum períbit.
3. And the Catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity.
3. Fides autem cathólica hæc est: ut unum Deum in Trinitáte, et Trinitátem in unitáte venerémur.
4. Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance.
4. Neque confundéntes persónas, neque substántiam separántes.
5. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
5. Alia est enim persóna Patris, ália Fílii, ália Spíritus Sancti.
6. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is all One, the Glory Equal, the Majesty Co-Eternal.
6. Sed Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti una est divínitas, æquális glória, coætérna maiéstas.
7. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit.
7. Qualis Pater, talis Fílius, talis Spíritus Sanctus.
8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated.
8. Increátus Pater, increátus Fílius, increátus Spíritus Sanctus.
9. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
9. Imménsus Pater, imménsus Fílius, imménsus Spíritus Sanctus.
10. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.
10. Ætérnus Pater, ætérnus Fílius, ætérnus Spíritus Sanctus.
11. And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.
11. Et tamen non tres ætérni, sed unus ætérnus.
12. As also there are not three uncreated, nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible.
12. Sicut non tres increáti, nec tres imménsi, sed unus increátus et unus imménsus.
13. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.
13. Simíliter omnípotens Pater, omnípotens Fílius, omnípotens Spíritus Sanctus.
14. And yet they are not three almighties but one almighty.
14. Et tamen non tres omnipoténtes, sed unus omnípotens.
15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God.
15. Ita Deus Pater, Deus Fílius, Deus Spíritus Sanctus.
16. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
16. Et tamen non tres Dii, sed unus est Deus.
17. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord.
17. Ita Dóminus Pater, Dóminus Fílius, Dóminus Spíritus Sanctus.
18. And yet not they are not three Lords but one Lord.
18. Et tamen non tres Dómini: sed unus est Dóminus.
19. For, like as we are compelled by Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic religion to say, there are three Gods or three Lords.
19. Quia, sicut singillátim unamquámque persónam Deum ac Dóminum confitéri christiána veritáte compéllimur: ita tres Deos aut Dóminos dícere cathólica religióne prohibémur.
20. The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten.
20. Pater a nullo est factus: nec creátus, nec génitus.
21. The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created, but begotten.
21. Fílius a Patre solo est: non factus, nec creátus, sed génitus.
22. The Holy Spirit is of the Father, and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
22. Spíritus Sanctus a Patre et Fílio: non factus, nec creátus, nec génitus, sed procédens.
23. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
23. Unus ergo Pater, non tres Patres: unus Fílius, non tres Fílii: unus Spíritus Sanctus, non tres Spíritus Sancti.
24. And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; none is greater or less than another, but the whole three Persons are coeternal together and coequal.
24. Et in hac Trinitáte nihil prius aut postérius, nihil maius aut minus: sed totæ tres persónæ coætérnæ sibi sunt et coæquáles.
25. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, is to be worshipped.
25. Ita ut per ómnia, sicut iam supra dictum est, et únitas in Trinitáte, et Trínitas in unitáte veneránda sit.
26. He therefore that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity.
26. Qui vult ergo salvus esse, ita de Trinitáte séntiat.
27. Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation, that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27. Sed necessárium est ad ætérnam salútem, ut Incarnatiónem quoque Dómini nostri Iesu Christi fidéliter credat.
28. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.
28. Est ergo fides recta, ut credámus et confiteámur quia Dóminus noster Iesus Christus, Dei Fílius, Deus et homo est.
29. God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man, of the substance of his mother, born into the world.
29. Deus est ex substántia Patris ante sǽcula génitus: et homo est ex substántia matris in sǽculo natus.
30. Perfect God and Perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
30. Perféctus Deus, perféctus homo: ex ánima rationáli et humána carne subsístens.
31. Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching his manhood.
31. Æquális Patri secúndum divinitátem: minor Patre secúndum humanitátem.
32. Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ.
32. Qui, licet Deus sit et homo, non duo tamen, sed unus est Christus.
33. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God.
33. Unus autem non conversióne divinitátis in carnem: sed assumptióne humanitátis in Deum.
34. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person.
34. Unus omníno, non confusióne substántiæ: sed unitáte persónæ.
35. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ.
35. Nam sicut ánima rationális et caro unus est homo: ita Deus et homo unus est Christus.
36. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into Hell, rose again the third day from the dead.
36. Qui passus est pro salúte nostra: descéndit ad ínferos: tértia die resurréxit a mórtuis.
37. He ascended into Heaven, He sits on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
37. Ascéndit ad cælos, sedet ad déxteram Dei Patris omnipoténtis: inde ventúrus est iudicáre vivos et mórtuos.
38. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies, and shall give account for their own works.
38. Ad cuius advéntum omnes hómines resúrgere habent cum corpóribus suis: et redditúri sunt de factis própriis ratiónem.
39. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting, and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
39. Et qui bona egérunt, ibunt in vitam ætérnam: qui vero mala, in ignem ætérnum.
40. This is the Catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.
40. Hæc est fides cathólica, quam nisi quisque fidéliter firmitérque credíderit, salvus esse non póterit.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Glory be to You, equal Trinity, one Godhead, before all time, now and forever.
Glória tibi, Trínitas æquális, una Déitas, et ante ómnia sǽcula, et nunc, et in perpétuum.
O Lord, hear my prayer.
Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
And let my cry come unto Thee.
Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
Priests add:
The Lord be with you.
Dóminus vobíscum.
And with your spirit.
Et cum spíritu tuo.
Let us pray
Almighty, ever-living God, who have permitted us, your servants, in our profession of the true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of that majesty to adore the Unity, grant that, by steadfastness in this same faith, we may be ever guarded against all adversity. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui dedísti fámulis tuis, in confessióne veræ fídei, ætérnæ Trinitátis glóriam agnóscere, et in poténtia maiestátis adoráre unitátem: quǽsumus; ut, eiúsdem fídei firmitáte, ab ómnibus semper muniámur advérsis. Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Amen.